A Marion County Sheriff’s deputy arrested a 24-year-old Tigard man after he clocked the man driving 109 mph on Interstate 5 near Woodburn Sunday.

Jeff Lyell Bankston was also arrested on an accusation of recklessly endangering his 2-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son; the son was unbelted in the middle of the back seat and his daughter was insecurely fastened into a car seat.

Don Thomson, a sheriff’s spokesman, said at 12:30 p.m. Bankston’s 2004 Subaru Impreza passed Deputy Ryan Postlewait’s unmarked Mustang at a high rate of speed just north of Woodburn. Thomson said Postlewait observed Bankston’s car weaving erratically and tailgating other vehicles in moderately heavy traffic.

Thomson said when Postlewait attempted to pull over Bankston’s car, Bankston slowed down and sped up, “as though challenging the unmarked patrol car to a race.”

As Bankston’s car sped away, Thomson said in a news release, Postlewait measured its speed at 109 mph.

Postlewait was eventually able to pull over Bankston’s Subaru near Keizer. Thomson said Bankston told Postlewait he had recently installed a turbo-charger into his car, “boosting the power to 350 horsepower.”

In addition to being cited for speeding, lane change violations, following too closely and seatbelt violations, he was arrested for reckless driving and reckless endangerment. After he was booked into the Marion County Jail he was released on bail, according to jail records.

The children were released into the custody of their mother, a front seat passenger at the time of the incident.